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Saturday, November 29, 2014

The example we must follow, is the
example given to us by The Lord, Himself.

Matthew 6:9 KJV

After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Jesus said we are to pray to our
heavenly Father.

The wonderful truth is that our God is
a triune God. Three distinct personalities that are “one” in
eternal unity.

Then it may be said that when we pray
to one we are praying to the others as well.

Christians, pray to The Father, in
Jesus name by the power of The Holy Spirit.

When we ask a request to The Father,
and we ask in Jesus name, our Lord says He will do it.

John 14:13,14 KJV

13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in My
name, that will I do, that The Father may be glorified in The Son.

14 If ye shall ask any thing in My
name, I will do it.

Notice here, that when you ask The
Father for a request, Jesus says He hears, and he will
do it, so that The Father will be glorified.

So when you pray to The Father, yes we
are praying to The Lord and Holy Spirit, as well.

(Model prayers by the Apostle Paul.)

Romans 15:30 NLT

Dear brothers and sisters, I urge
you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to join in my
struggle by praying to God for me. Do this because of your
love for me, given to you by The Holy Spirit.

II
Corinthians 13:14 NLT

May the grace
of The Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of The
Holy Spirit be with you all.

Praying to
Jesus:

Acts 2:21 KJV

And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of The Lord shall
be saved.

I Corinthians
1:2,9 KJV

2 Unto the
church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in
Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call
upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:

9 God is
faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship* of His
Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

2 You have
taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your
enemies and all who oppose you.

Want to know what heaven Is like?

Stare into the face of a child.

Matthew 19:13
KJV

Then were there
brought unto Him little children, that He should put His hands on
them, and pray:

and the disciples rebuked them.

Jesus heard this and put an end to their egotistical stupidity.

Matthew 19:14,15
KJV

14 But Jesus
said, Suffer (permit) little children, and forbid them not, to come
unto Me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

15 And He laid
His hands on them, and departed thence.

Matthew 20:20-28
NLT

20 Then the
mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus with her
sons. She knelt respectfully to ask a favor.

21 “What is
your request?” He asked. She replied, “In your Kingdom, please
let my two sons sit in places of honor next to you, one on your right
and the other on your left.”

22 But Jesus
answered by saying to them, “You don’t know what you are asking!
Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of suffering I am about to
drink?” “Oh yes,” they replied, “we are able!”

23 Jesus told
them, “You will indeed drink from My bitter cup. But I have no
right to say who will sit on My right or My left. My Father has
prepared those places for the ones He has chosen.”

24 When the ten
other disciples heard what James and John had asked, they were
indignant.

25 But Jesus
called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this
world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority
over those under them.

26 But among
you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must
be your servant,

27 and whoever wants to be first
among you must become your slave.

28 For even The
Son Of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give His
life as a ransom for many.”

Humility,
Innocence, and Purity:

Psalm 19:13,14
NLT

13 Keep your
servant from deliberate sins! Don’t let them control me. Then I
will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin.

14 May the
words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you,
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Psalm 24:3,4 KJV

3 Who shall
ascend into the hill of The Lord? or who shall stand in His holy
place?

4 He that hath
clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto
vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

Psalm 26:6 KJV

I will wash
mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:

Proverbs 16:19
KJV

Better it is to
be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with
the proud.

Proverbs 22:4
KJV

By humility and
the fear of The Lord are riches, and honor, and life.

Proverbs 29:23
KJV

A man's pride
shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

Isaiah 57:15 KJV

For thus saith
The High And Lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy;
I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a
contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and
to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Daniel 6:22 KJV

My God hath
sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not
hurt me: forasmuch as before Him innocency was found in me; and also
before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

Micah 6:8 KJV

He hath shewed
thee, O man, what is good; and what doth The Lord require of thee,
but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Matthew 5:8 KJV

Blessed are the
pure in heart: for they shall see God.

Luke 14:7-11 NLT

7 When Jesus
noticed that all who had come to the dinner were trying to sit in the
seats of honor near the head of the table, He gave them this advice:

8 “When you
are invited to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the seat of honor.
What if someone who is more distinguished than you has also been
invited?

9 The host will
come and say, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then you will be
embarrassed, and you will have to take whatever seat is left at the
foot of the table!

10 “Instead,
take the lowest place at the foot of the table. Then when your host
sees you, he will come and say, ‘Friend, we have a better place for
you!’ Then you will be honored in front of all the other guests.

11 For those
who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves
will be exalted.”

Romans 12:3 KJV

For I say,
through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not
to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think
soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of
faith.

Ephesians 5:27
KJV

That He might
present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle,
or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

I Timothy 1:5
KJV

Now the end of
the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good
conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

I Timothy 5:22
KJV

Lay hands
suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep
thyself pure.

James 1:27 KJV

Pure religion
and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the
fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself
unspotted from the world.

James 4:10 KJV

Humble
yourselves in the sight of The Lord, and He shall lift you up.

I Peter 1:22 KJV

Seeing ye have
purified your souls in obeying The Truth through The Spirit unto
unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a
pure heart fervently:

I Peter 5:5 KJV

Likewise, ye
younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject
one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the
proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

II Peter 3:14
KJV

Wherefore,
beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may
be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

Revelation
14:1-5 NLT

1 Then I saw
The Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him were 144,000 who had
His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.

2 And I heard a
sound from heaven like the roar of mighty ocean waves or the rolling
of loud thunder. It was like the sound of many harpists playing
together.

3 This great
choir sang a wonderful new song in front of The Throne Of God and
before the four living beings and the twenty-four elders. No one
could learn this song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from
the earth.

4 They have
kept themselves as pure as virgins, following The Lamb wherever He
goes. They have been purchased from among the people on the earth as
a special offering to God and to The Lamb.

5 They have
told no lies; they are without blame.

Christ Our
Example:

Zechariah 9:9
NLT

Rejoice, O
people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your
King is coming to you.

He is Righteous
and Victorious, yet He is Humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a
donkey’s colt.

Matthew 11:29,30
KJV

29 Take My yoke
upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye
shall find rest unto your souls.

30 For My yoke
is easy, and My burden is light.

John 13:5 KJV

After that He
poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet,
and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded.

Philippians 2:8
KJV

And being found
in fashion as a Man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto
death, even the death of the cross.

I John 3:5 KJV

And ye know
that He (Jesus Christ) was manifested to take away our sins; and in
Him is no sin.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

“We live in evil days, and it seems
as though most christians I know are so down. What is the answer ?”

Roxanne/ Denver, Colorado U.S.A.

Bible Answer:

Bible Texts:

It is the duty of God's people to
rejoice:

Deuteronomy 12:7 NLT

There you and your families will
feast in the presence of The Lord your God, and you will rejoice in
all you have accomplished because The Lord your God has blessed you.

Psalm 9:2 KJV

I will be glad and rejoice in thee:
I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

Psalm 32:11 KJV

Be glad in The Lord, and rejoice, ye
righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Psalm 33:1 KJV

Rejoice in The Lord, O ye righteous:
for praise is comely for the upright.

Psalm 68:3,4 KJV

3 But let the righteous be glad; let
them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

4 Sing unto God, sing praises to His
name...”

Psalm 97:12 KJV

Rejoice in The Lord, ye righteous;
and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness.

Psalm 98:4 KJV

Make a joyful noise unto The Lord,
all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

Psalm 105:3 KJV

Glory ye in His holy name: let the
heart of them rejoice that seek The Lord.

Psalm 118:24 KJV

This is the day which The Lord hath
made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Luke 1:47 KJV (Mary)

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God
my Savior.

Luke 19:37 KJV

And when He was come nigh, even now
at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the
disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all
the mighty works that they had seen;

John 14:28 KJV

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I
go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved Me, ye wouldrejoice, because I said, I go unto The Father: for My Father is
greater than I.

John 16:22 KJV

And ye now therefore have sorrow:
but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy
no man taketh from you.

Romans 5:2 KJV

By whom also we have access by faith
into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of
God.

I Corinthians 13:6 KJV

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but
rejoiceth in The Truth;

Philippians 3:1 KJV

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in The
Lord..."

I Thessalonians 5:16 KJV

Rejoice evermore.

Revelation 19:7 KJV

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give
honor to Him: for the marriage of The Lamb is come, and His wife hath
made herself ready.

Rejoice!

(Affliction:)

I Peter 4:12,13 KJV

12 Beloved, think it not strange
concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some
strange thing happened unto you:

13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are
partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when His glory shall be
revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

Matthew 5:12 KJV

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for
great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets
which were before you.

Luke 6:22,23 KJV

22 Blessed are ye, when men shall
hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and
shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for The Son Of
Man's sake.

23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap
for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like
manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

I Peter 1:6,8 KJV

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though
now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold
temptations:

8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in
whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy
unspeakable and full of glory:

I Peter 4:13 KJV

But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are
partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when His glory shall be
revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

(Famine:)

Habakkuk 3:17,18 KJV

17 Although the fig tree shall not
blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive
shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be
cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

18 Yet I will rejoice in The Lord, I
will joy in the God of my salvation.

(God's Mercy:)

Psalm 31:7 KJV

I will be glad and rejoice in thy
mercy:

(Persecution:)

Acts 5:41 KJV

And they departed from the presence
of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer
shame for His name.

(Poverty:)

II Corinthians 6:10 KJV

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing;
as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing
all things.

(Salvation:)

Psalm 9:14 KJV

That I may shew forth all thy
praise...I will rejoice in thy salvation.

Psalm 13:5 KJV

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my
heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

Psalm 20:5 KJV

We will rejoice in thy salvation,
and in the name of our God we will set up our banners..."

Psalm 35:9 KJV

And my soul shall be joyful in The
Lord: it shall rejoice in His salvation.

Psalm 40:16 KJV

Let all those that seek thee rejoice
and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually,
The Lord be magnified.

Psalm 70:4 KJV

Let all those that seek thee rejoice
and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say
continually, Let God be magnified.

Sunday, November 23, 2014

“I am having a problem with two
phrases in the bible, the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven.
Are these the same or different?

Bonnie/ Portland, Oregon U.S.A.

Bible Answer:

Bible Texts:

The Kingdom Of God. Is
Mentioned some 69 times in our New Testament. The Kingdom Of God
refers to God's presence and power entering the life of the believer.

John 3:3,5-8 NLT

3 Jesus replied, “I tell you The
Truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

5 Jesus replied, “I assure you, no
one can enter the Kingdom Of God without being born of water and

The Spirit.

6 Humans can reproduce only human
life, but The Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.

7 So don’t be surprised when I
say, ‘You must be born again.’

8 The wind blows wherever it wants.
Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or
where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of The
Spirit.”

Our Lord, of course
was referring to the entrance of The Holy Spirit, entering into the
heart of a believer.

Jesus answered the
Pharisees.

Luke 17:20 KJV

And when He was demanded of the
Pharisees, when The Kingdom Of God should come, He answered them and
said, The Kingdom Of God cometh not with observation:

Romans 14:17 NLT
(The Apostle Paul.)

For the Kingdom of God is not a
matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and
peace and joy in The Holy Spirit.

The Kingdom
Of Heaven.

The Kingdom Of
Heaven, mentioned some 32 times in our New Testament, is a Messianic phrase, referring to Christ's coming Kingdom.

Matthew 18:23
KJV

Therefore is The Kingdom Of Heaven
likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his
servants.

Matthew 25:31-46
NLT (Christ's Millennial reign.)

31 “But when The Son Of Man comes
in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit upon His
glorious throne.

32 All the nations will be gathered
in His presence, and He will separate the people as a Shepherd
separates the sheep from the goats.

33 He will place the sheep at His
right hand and the goats at His left.

34 “Then the King will say to
those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father,
inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.

35 For I was hungry, and you fed Me.
I was thirsty, and you gave Me a drink. I was a stranger, and you
invited Me into your home.

36 I was naked, and you gave Me
clothing. I was sick, and you cared for Me. I was in prison, and you
visited Me.’

37 “Then these righteous ones will
reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or
thirsty and give you something to drink?

38 Or a stranger and show you
hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing?

39 When did we ever see you sick or
in prison and visit you?’

40 “And The King will say, ‘I
tell you The Truth, when you did it to one of the least of these My
brothers and sisters, you were doing it to Me!’

41 “Then The King will turn to
those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into
the eternal (lake of) fire prepared for the devil and his demons.

42 For I was hungry, and you didn’t
feed Me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give Me a drink.

43 I was a stranger, and you didn’t
invite Me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give Me
clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit Me.’

44 “Then they will reply, ‘Lord,
when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or
sick or in prison, and not help you?’

45 “And He will answer, ‘I tell
you The Truth, when you refused to help the least of these My
brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help Me.’

46 “And they will go away into
eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.”

I Corinthians
15:24-28 NLT

24 After that the end will come,
when He will turn The Kingdom over to God The Father, having
destroyed every ruler and authority and power.

25 For Christ must reign until He
humbles all His enemies beneath His feet.

26 And the last enemy to be
destroyed is death.

27 For the Scriptures say, “God
has put all things under His authority.” (Of course, when it says
“all things are under His authority,” that does not include God
Himself, who gave Christ His authority.)

28 Then, when all things are under
His authority, The Son will put Himself under God’s authority, so
that God, who gave His Son authority over all things, will be utterly
supreme over everything everywhere.

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any:
that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your
trespasses.

Luke 17:3,4 KJV

3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee,
rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven
times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt
forgive him.

Ephesians 4:32 KJV

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Colossians 3:12,13 KJV

12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels
of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long suffering;

13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man
have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do
ye.

Matthew 6:13
KJV

“ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil...”

II Samuel 22:2 KJV (David)

And he said, The Lord is my Rock, and my Fortress, and my
Deliverer;

Isaiah 46:4 KJV

And even to your old age I am He; and even to hoar (gray)
hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will
carry, and will deliver you.

Jeremiah 1:8 KJV

"...for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith The Lord."

Daniel 6:27 NLT

He rescues and saves His people; He performs miraculous signs and
wonders in the heavens and on earth. He has rescued Daniel from the
power of the lions.”

II Corinthians 1:10 NLT

And He did rescue us from mortal danger, and He will rescue us
again. We have placed our confidence in Him, and He will continue to
rescue us.

Hebrews 2:14,15 NLT

14 Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and
blood—The Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human
being could He die, and only by dying could He break the power of the
devil, who had the power of death.

15 Only in this way could He set free all who have lived their
lives as slaves to the fear of dying.

Matthew 6:13
KJV

“... For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for
ever. Amen.

Daniel 2:44 KJV

And in the days of these kings shall The God Of Heaven set up a
kingdom, which shall never be destroyed..."

Luke 23:42 KJV

And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into
thy kingdom.

John 18:36 NLT

Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it
were, My followers would fight to keep Me from being handed over to
the Jewish leaders. But My Kingdom is not of this world.”

I Corinthians 4:20 KJV

For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

Revelation 11:16,17 KJV

16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their
seats, fell upon their faces, and worshiped God,

17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art,
and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great
power, and hast reigned.

Revelation 17:14 NLT

Together they will go to war against The Lamb, but The Lamb will
defeat them because He is

Lord Of All lords and King Of All kings. And His called and chosen
and faithful ones will be with Him.”

Our Father
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will
be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Notwithstanding in this rejoice not,
that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because
your names are written in heaven.

Followers of Christ, born again, believers, their names are written
in heaven.

Psalm 69:28 NLT (David)

Erase their names (the wicked) from The Book of
Life; don’t let them be counted among the
righteous.

May names
written in the book of life, be blotted out?

King David said yes!

The Lord said, yes!

Exodus 32:33 KJV

And The Lord
said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against Me, him will I blot
out of My book.

Moses said, yes!

Exodus 32:32 KJV

Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I
pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

Jesus Christ, said yes!

Revelation 3:5 KJV

He that over
cometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not
blot out his name out of The Book Of Life, but I will confess his
name before My Father, and before His angels.

Revelation 22:19 KJV

And if any
man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God
shall take away his part out of The Book Of Life, and out of the holy
city, and from the things which are written in this book.

(Once saved, always saved-are false teachings, much more could be said!)

Names written in the book of life:

* Christians (faithful).

* Those who are apart of the true church.

Hebrews 12:23 KJV

To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are
written in heaven, and to

God The Judge Of All, and to the
spirits of just men made perfect,

* Those who will be saved from
the last judgment.

Revelation 20:12-15 KJV

12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the
books were opened: and another book was opened, which is The Book
Of Life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were
written in the books, according to their works.

13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and
hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged
every man according to their works.

14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the
second death.

15 And whosoever was not found written in The Book Of Life
was cast into the lake of fire.

For
if we sin willfully*after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there
remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

If we as Christian
people, sin “gleefully,” “after that we
have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more
sacrifice for sins,”

And why is this, the
Apostle Paul stated....

Hebrews
6:4-6 NLT

4
For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once
enlightened—those who have experienced the good things of heaven
and shared in The Holy Spirit,

5
who have tasted the goodness of The Word Of God and The Power of the
age to come—

6
and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such
people back to repentance; by rejecting The Son Of God, they
themselves are nailing Him to the cross once again and holding Him up
to public shame.

A person who sins
(Not just one sin, but their practice-way of life) willingly/
willfully,” (gleefully) deliberately, has no desire to come to The
Lord.

All those who go to
hell, have committed the unpardonable sin.

They have willfully
and deliberately decided to crucify Christ afresh.

In others words,
they are glad to see His crucifixion, they do not want Him.

A Christian person,
who has fallen victim to besetting sins, who asks The Lord for
forgiveness and strength to do better, is not lost, but in the
grace of God!

Anyone who has
committed the unpardonable sin, hasno desire to ask God for
forgiveness, for

The Holy Spirit is
“not,” living in this person.

Now the Apostle sums
up all these thoughts by saying the following:

Romans
6:1-23 KJV

1
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may
abound?

2
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer
therein?

3
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ
were baptized into His death?

4
Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as
Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of The Father, even
so we also should walk in newness of life.

5
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we
shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection:

6
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body
of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

7
For he that is dead is freed from sin.

8
Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live
with Him:

9
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death
hath no more dominion over him.

10
For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He
liveth unto God.

12
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey
it in the lusts thereof.

13
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto
sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the
dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

14
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the
law, but under grace.

15
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under
grace? God forbid.

17
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have
obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

18
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of
righteousness.

19
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your
flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness
and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members
servants to righteousness unto holiness.

20
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from
righteousness.

21
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed?
for the end of those things is death.

22
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have
your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

23
For the wages of sin is death; but The Gift Of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.